And according to new unconfirmed rumors Sigma could launch a 24-70mm f/2.0 (yes constant!) OS HSM Full Frame lens at Photokina in September 2014. And it could be less expensive than the Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss Lens ($1998 here at Amazon). Let’s hope this rumor will be correct!

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Great Sigma glad to see you providing the highest ranking lens options and value.

Sigma how much is Sony requesting for any
Third Party Accessory vendor to use AF-D lens?

Does ANY SAR blogger know what Sony is charging for AF-D? How many lens are certified for AF-D?

We sure would like to get more Autofocus points and cross points, like other vendors platforms are offering on their cameras.

Does ANY SAR blogger know what Sony is trying to charge manufactures to use the new Flash shoe?

Last time we checked there are still only two Sony-MSI New Shoe TTL flashes available for all the new Sony Alpha NEX cameras. Sony never did get back to us on a Fix for the Flagship flash HVL-F60m flash overheating lockups. That would be helpful for us.

Archer66

Why would Sigma pay Sony anything when they are “stealing” lens ID:s ?

VirtualMirage

Here’s hoping your report of the 18-35 shipping any day now is more true than the e-mail I got yesterday from B&H about my pre-order for the A-mount (which I pre-ordered shortly after they began accepting orders last month). I inquired with them last week why the July 31st ETA was removed from their site and if they had an updated date seeing that the Nikon mount is now listed at August 15th. Their response was that it is on back order by the manufacturer and they have not been given an updated ETA as to when I should expect my lens.

Nounours

OS + FF + f/2.0!! Now you’ve got my attention! September 2014 is a long way from now though. :(

vodanh1982

It must be a heavy lens. The current Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 is 790g/1.74llbs

zf

As always people start bashing a lens that hasn’t even announced.

Al

Pointing out an obvious fact counts as bashing these days? I see.

Mike

Why are we suddenly seeing zoom lenses faster than F2.8? This was absolutely uncommon until recently.

steve

One lens and one sr3 rumor. But at least it’s lenses. I’m still waiting on a 16-xx with decent quality for NEX. I’ve got used to waiting… I sold my nex a while back and recently sold up a lot of my dslr gear too. I’m so hoping the nex-5t comes bundled with a decent 16-xx.

If they already make the lens you want buy it.
Why do you complain about the new one if you sre not going to buy it anyhow?

C

+1

Anonymous

Because he’s obviously annoyed there is something coming out better than the current lens he has so he needs to get angry and whine about it :p

Ayoul

Wow. Far more difficult than the 18 35 1.8., which is yet very nice.

Comparing to the 18-35 f/1.8, it’s almost the same aperture, a larger range, for larger sensors?

Toli

People have to be aware and discounted (95%) any information from rumors site most of stories here is making it up by someone or translated from oversea site… I do not believe people living in London able to got information out overnight from a big corporation such like Sony or Sigma… etc… cheers.

mav

Can you even imagine, what it can with speed booster?… :) i’m now have FS100+speedbooster+24-105L for IS in filming and now i’m very impressed how is it bright and stable (with FS100). This may be a holy grail for all filmmakers!

Her eyes are very strange. They are consistently strange throughout her portfolio despite the various photographers she worked with. Aside from being green & red, they also appear dilated.

Rolleiflex

She’s wearing contact lenses…

ItDoesNotMatter

Her pupils are not dilated at all.
True, they are different than most other ‘hazel’ eyes by the fact that they have a dark outer circle.
If they are contact lenses, they are very well made.

Rob

Yup – you’ve got that right.

Anonymous

She looks airbrushed and lifeless

Rob

Let’s see some examples of your work – I’m sure I’d have some comments for you. Jerk would be one of them.

Rob

She likes to go for the anime look. It’s all for fun. Her skin is actually incredible, which adds to the unreal texture. She is a doll in many respects – such a sweet girl to meet!

LR

I hope this can convince Sony not overpricing their suppose next fast zoom for Nex… considering their slow SEL18200 is 800$ even though OSS…

Pb

if its true this’d be really sexy, Sigma is doin’ real good in terms of the new lenses its been making lately :D if its really good and can be adapted well onto a FF NEX then it’d be a really good combo

ryba

This probably is not true at least not now. On optyczne.pl (Polish version of lenstip) they gave a link to this website:http://www.rewolucja.sigma-foto.pl/
it says: Beat(overthrow) the system. Freedom is coming. http://www.sigma-foto.pl is the official website of Sigma Poland.
On optyczne.pl they said that from ‘unofficial sourses’ they know that it will not be any new lens. It seems that something else is coming.

Dammit, I was thinking of buying a 24-70 f2.8 (probably Tamron..not sure yet). Now, I think I want this lens but don’t want to wait that long.

Wayne Summers

I guess sigma wants to be number one. If they keep this up it may happen.

C

Hm, f2 full-frame 24-70…I would consider switching from the Sony Zeiss if it matches it’s IQ.

Ncguy

If that’s full frame, then I’d buy it. Based on the art series so far, Sigma seems to be delivering.

AK-77

September 2014… so just in time for the new Sony FF cameras? Sounds good to me! :)

adam

Siga is really diong the miracle right now.. Sony should bought some major shares of Sigma. Easyly can transfer the lens tech the same as they currently doing with tamron

Calibrator

Why should anyone buy shares? Just because they have a handful of good lenses?

Canon, Nikon & everybody else can develop good lenses for APS-C if they wanted to – but the truth is that they give a shit. Especially Nikon: They see DX as an entry drug for FX and essentially only provide an assortment of cheap kit & tele zooms. Still no wide prime, for example.
Canon isn’t much better, though: They pump out new APS-C bodies faster than most people change their underwear – but their EF-S lenses are completely incompatible with their FF bodies (they don’t have a crop mode like Nikon).

Hopefully they will make it for the alpha mount. Of course we will have to wait 6 to 12 months after Canon gets it. I am still waiting for them to make a 120-300mm HSM or 300mm/2.8 HSM lens for the alpha mount.

Nounours

Shoot… you just made me remember that Sigma’s likely to remove the “OS” on the A mount and charge the same price as the Canikon versions. I sure hope not!

Sigma doesn’t remove OS from their lenses on A-mount.
It’s Tamron with it’s VR that does it.

Mike

I hope the did remove the OS for A-mount. Or would you rather choose a lens to switch to the OS instead of the IBIS? Better image stabilization in detriment of sharpness, weight, price, etc. What would you prefer?

Nick

I want… Am contemplating moving to full frame next year. I’m thinking that this, along with a nice new mirror-less full frame design, with Sony’s great sensor technology, would be an awesome combo!

Sigma already explained: There’s not enough demand to justify it. Majority of mirrorless lens sales go to Kit lenses. Some primes seem to sell decently enough to justify production, but it’s still nowhere near the DSLR lens sales. That’s why Sigma’s best and brightest is on DSLR mounts. Besides – it’s not really a problem considering that you can use an adaptors :)

Why third party lens manufacturer (typically TAmron and Sigma) do not duplicate their lenses?
It is just matter of changing the mount (mechanical lock and electrical connection)
All the optical formula remains the same.

We could even add Fuju x-mount (APS-C and 17.7 mm flange distance)

The market should be consequent in the next years…

Pb

maybe in the future, because the current EOS M is terrible, not many people own one, and canon is the newest out of the 3 listed systems (sony and fuji have been out for a while already) and so wouldnt be surprised if it takes a bit of time for a sigma eos m mount to appear

Yep. Excellent explanation. Just wait for more bodies – I’m sure Sigma will eventually release all of it’s E-mount lenses to EOS-M. :)

Carl

Hot damn. Sigma better not shaft A-mount with that.

AnuN

Please do some scaling calculations before giving moderately high rumour reliability figures. A lens like this would be absolutely huge and ergonomic disaster. You need to multiply all the glass element diagonals by sqrt(2) and the weight by more than 2 compared to the f/2.8 zooms… then imagine using such a normal zoom: very uncomfortable, very top heavy…

A three prime set on the other hand would be faster, smaller, lighter, better optically and a heck of a lot less expensive.

Andrew

True, although that didn’t stop them releasing the 18-35…

Andrea – any news on the next sigma prime? I read something a while back speculating either a 24/1.4 or 135/1.8? Also any news from your sources about whether the new a-mount bodies will be compatible with legacy/3rd party glass? In particular I’m worried we’ll see a repeat of the af-d firmware lock…

Chris Jankowski

Before you all get too excited, please consider that the rumor came from a Canon rumors site a few days ago. It might or might not be true and if it is true the Canon version of the lens may appear in a year time. There is absolutely no guarantee that it will ever appear in the A-mount. In fact it is rather unlikely, as this will be a very heavy and expensive lens, so Sigma may figure out that the potential market for A-mount is just about 100 lenses and then they can’t even recoup the cost of developing the A-mount version.

There are several excellent Sigma lenses that are availabe e.g. for Canon EF mount, but not for Sony A-mount, because the volume is not there.

“There is absolutely no guarantee that it will ever appear in the A-mount. In fact it is rather unlikely” – bla bla bla. Everyone kept saying the same garbage before 18-35 release. Than after the release we got ~2 weeks when majority of people around here were trying to convince me that this lens WON’T be released on A-mount.
Now we are few months forward and everyone accepted that 18-35 f/1.8 is available on A-mount.

You don’t save anything from dumping OS. You just get a crippled lens in a same price as a fully-fledged one.

Asking for a version without OS is ridiculous.

Pb

there is significantly less demand for a sony alpha one compared to a Can/Nik one though.

Kevin

cool! i think wedding photographers may like this..!

peevee

Without software corrections built-in into mirrorless protocols and without in-body corrections of DSLR lenses (which Sigma cannot do except in their own Sigma DSLRs), it will be a tank. If their zoom going to 35/1.8 is about 850g, this one should be about 2-3 kg.

Any idea if the iSeries A7 hardcase works with the A7Rii + GM70-200 F2.8 + 2x Tele? http://www.skbcases.com/music/products/proddetail.php?f=&id=860&o=&offset=&c=147&s=147 Looks like the picture shows the 70-200 F4??? Also interested in any other suggestions.

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I am wondering how many of you guys run a blog. Me and my wife started a travel/lifestyle blog and most of the photos are with my Sony A7R2. http://crepesandcameras.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/co-incidentally-colombo.html Do subscribe, like/ share/comment.

I wanted to update the firmware of my a6300 from the original 1.00 to 1.10. So I downloaded the updater tool from Sony and ran it on my Windows 10 computer. I read public recommendations on a website (forgot which) and adhered to all instructions that the tool itself told me. The camera went into […]

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